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Kids Clothes Week Challenge May 2010.
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Kids Clothes Week Challenge May 2010.
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(My muse agreed to pose for me - but only for one shot!)
Finished at last! I'm very glad to be taking part in this challenge as it has really helped me to persevere through the tricky bits rather than just chucking the dress aside in a fit of pique! At least this dress has not been added to my lengthy list of stalled projects!
The Heather Ross book left me completely in the lurch when it came to making the straps from the same material. This, in the list of materials, is the only reference: "2 yards of spaghetti strap, bias tape (sewn closed), or ribbon for ties, cut into four equal lengths". In the end though, I'm glad I had to work it out for myself.
The book also says this dress will take just one hour to make. Four more like!
My Elsie Marley hour today has been spent working on a shirred sundress. This is my first attempt at shirring and I'm loving it!
The Princess and the Pea print is Far, Far Away by Heather Ross for Kokka. I'm using blue, orange and gold cottons from my supplies for the shirring rows. The 'How To' I'm getting from Weekend Sewing by Heather Ross. The instructions say to mark out the shirring lines with a water-soluble pen before machining but I am doing mine by sight, hence the slow progress!
The fabric is very lightweight, very gauzy. I am hoping it will be ok when finished but I may have to cobble together some kind of lining.
(My muse agreed to pose for me - but only for one shot!)
The Heather Ross book left me completely in the lurch when it came to making the straps from the same material. This, in the list of materials, is the only reference: "2 yards of spaghetti strap, bias tape (sewn closed), or ribbon for ties, cut into four equal lengths". In the end though, I'm glad I had to work it out for myself.
